TITLE:
Numerical Study of a Cylindro-Parabolic Cooker “Blazing Tube”
AUTHORS:
Boureima Dianda, Mibienpan Ki, Wende Pouiré Germain Ouédraogo, Nébon Bado, Sikoudouin Maurice Thierry Ky, Bruno Korgo, Sié Kam, Dieudonné Joseph Bathiebo
KEYWORDS:
Solar Cooker, Heat Transfer Fluid, Temperature, Yield, Sunshine
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Applied Sciences,
Vol.12 No.11,
November
8,
2022
ABSTRACT: The
objective of this work is to numerically determine the thermal performance of
the parabolic cylinder cooker commonly “blazing tube”. These performances were
determined by establishing heat balances at the different levels of the system.
The equations obtained have been discretized; simplifying assumptions have been
made to facilitate their resolution. We adopted Gauss Seidel’s
method using MATLAB software to solve these equations. The temperatures of the coolant, the glass and the absorber
were determined as a function of time and along the tube. The thermal
efficiency was also determined. It emerged that the different temperatures
evolve linearly as a function of the length of the tube. Yield and temperatures
depend on the amount of sunshine.